Microsoft has started workÂ (or at-least planning) and have mentioned Windows phone 8 (Apollo) for the first time.Â Â In a job posting recruiting for a Software Development Engineer to help make Windows Phone 8 a reality..

The job description goes on to describe what building Windows Phone 8 entails: “The Windows Phone team is taking on a huge challenge stirring up the out of box experience for Windows Phone 8 and is committed to building/improving a compelling and dynamic high quality look and feel to our end user experience.”

Another very interesting tidbit is that they mention a Windows Phone 8 app that will ship in the Windows Marketplace: “This promises to be a volatile world churning within the OS, Phone 8 as well as our AUT (Application Under Test) that weâ€™ll ship in the Windows Marketplace!”

What does that mean? Is it proof that Windows Phone applications will run on Windows 8? or is it another form of collaboration between phone and PC?

Want to be part of making Windows Phone 8 a reality? Want to work on a strategic and exciting product targeted at the next version of Windows? Then the Consumer eXperience (ConX) team is the place for you! The Windows Phone team is taking on a huge challenge stirring up the out of box experience for Windows Phone 8 and is committed to building/improving a compelling and dynamic high quality look and feel to our end user experience.

This promises to be a volatile world churning within the OS, Phone 8 as well as our AUT (Application Under Test) that we’ll ship in the Windows Marketplace! Our test team needs a few more key folks to compliment the talent already onboarded. We are looking for experienced and intelligent engineers to join our team! Join us in our mission to bring the most compelling Windows Phone experience to customers to date! If this sounds like the next step for you in your career here at Microsoft, we would love to hear from you. We can talk about the opportunities and challenges we are facing right now to see if your passions are a fit.

Requirements:

Bachelorâ€™s degree or higher in a Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent experience

5 or more years of experience developing and testing software

Strong coding skills in C#/C++/C or other OO language

Demonstrable debugging prowess

Excellent problem solving, testing and capacity to deal with the unknown

Ability to independently take a feature area from inception to delivery